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Interesting. A more dystopian take is that human interaction will be limited to a privileged class. The unprivileged will ”have to do” with machine interaction. It’s not really something new. Automation lowers cost. But it the perpetual growth economy there also needs to be more profit, which leaves charging more and/or lowering cost even more as the only viable options. See where this is going? As with food, the unprivileged will have to do with energy rich, low quality, mass produced interaction. Music is the next/current frontier. The privileged will seek out in person events, while the unprivileged will ”have to do” with energy rich, low quality, mass produced machine made culture.




The question is whether the commoners put up with that, which is kind of like "the bubble pops".

Sounds more like an upcoming revolution than a bubble popping then. Makes me kind of happy! My fear is that AI is and will be used to keep people content and passive.



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